Assistant Curriculum Leader Science
Icknield High School
Luton
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR2b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 26 April 2018
Job overview
Assistant Curriculum Leader Science
TLR2b
Required for September 2018
Are you a science teacher with a track record of improving students’ outcomes?
Are you looking for a leadership position for September?
Would you enjoy helping to lead a successful science department?
Would you enjoy implementing new ideas and help to shape the new science curriculum?
If you have answered yes to these questions, Icknield High School would like to hear from you.
We aim to recruit staff who:
- Will subscribe to the ethos of the school and are committed to getting the best from our students
- Are excited by their role and by the prospect of working with young people
- Love the process of teaching and learning and are keen to continue to develop their own skills
- Recognise that teaching can be a demanding job, but react positively to those demands
Icknield High School is a highly successful multi-cultural 11-16 comprehensive with Academy status situated on the northern outskirts of Luton. We are justifiably proud of our excellent reputation and our commitment to ‘Raising the Achievement of All’. In science last year 95% of students taking triple science achieved A*/C, including 47% A*/A, and 53% of students studying core and additional science achieved 2 A*/C. We are extremely proud of our school and visits are most welcome.
If you are interested in joining our staff team, please contact Mrs Janet Giles, Office Manager for further details and an application pack or email jgiles@icknield.beds.sch.uk
Alternatively, please visit our web site, www.Icknield.beds.sch.uk for further information.
Closing date: Friday 27th April 2018 at 12 noon.
Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
About Icknield High School
Located in the city of Luton, Bedfordshire, Icknield High School is a secondary academy, with a specialist status in art. Although the school has no sixth form, it has around 1400 pupils aged 11-16 in a co-educational setting, making it considerably larger than the average school of its type. Icknield School has an extremely culturally diverse catchment area, a fact reflected in the school’s student intake. Although the vast majority of teaching take place in school, a small number of students do make use of local off-site provision for particular subjects or needs.
Headteacher
John Noble
Values and Vision
Icknield School encapsulated its vision and ethos in its maxim, “Icknield Cares”. The school, strives to Celebrate, both the uniqueness of the school and its pupils; Achieve, helping each student reach their potential; Respect, for all faiths and cultures represented at the school; Enjoy, both their learning and their time outside the classroom; and finally Support, ensuring that students are properly guided through their academic studies. The school takes great pride in its diversity, and goes far to stress the importance of British values such as tolerance and mutual respect, among others.
Ofsted
“Parents, staff and pupils speak highly of the school’s work to develop pupils’ confidence and promote their well-being. This is supported by the positive comments received, particularly the views expressed in Ofsted’s online questionnaire to parents. Parents praise the way the school knows its pupils. One parent wrote, ‘They are not faces among the crowd, but individuals who are listened to.’”
The full report into Icknield High School can be found here.
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